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Sam Coates Sam Coates

Power to the 0.2%

The Conservative Party is electing a new leader who will get to decide the fate of us all.

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Sam Coates Sam Coates

Do we have a true democracy?

As the Prime Minister demanded yet again that MPs vote for her Brexit deal, it's worth asking if we still have a true democracy?

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Tom Brake Tom Brake

Let’s fill the leadership vacuum by putting the public in control

In the wake of Theresa May’s deal being rejected, it’s anybody’s guess what happens next. What is clear is that if want to heal the divisions cast wide open by Brexit, and address the root causes that drove a majority of voters to support leaving the EU, we need to embark on a democratic revolution.

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Tom Brake Tom Brake

Parliament: Winning small battles but disengaged from the war

Brexit has left the UK’s political system and future mired in uncertainty. But it has also made one thing exceptionally clear: that the UK’s constitutional settlement does not protect the democratic functions it is assumed to serve and is no longer fit for purpose in a modern democracy.

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